Vampire Cultivation System in a Hidden World of Monsters

"I sure hope you have, because I did too and I would be pretty disappointed if you hadn't. You might've even stopped being my favorite pupil," he said, really laying on the sarcasm.

"Shush," I said. "Wait, aren't I your only pupil?"

"Exactly," he said, and winked at me.

"Oh wow," I said. "You know, just because it was my power that got coffee all over you, doesn't mean you get to make idle threats at me."

"Fine. It's still your fault though. I mean, you literally caused it to happen," he said, as he grabbed a kitchen towel and dried himself off.

"So, we at least know my ability manipulates luck. It gives me good luck and apparently everyone else, bad luck," I said. "Is there anything else it does?"

"Does there need to be anything else? That sounds pretty good to me. You should be able to manipulate and localize those two effects. Meaning you should able to increase or decrease the luck of a room or choose specific targets for good luck or bad luck," he said.

"That said, I think there is far more to your abilities that just manipulating luck. Most domains can manipulate the environment within them to an extreme degree. Domains basically offer perfect control within their area of expertise to the user."

"If my hunch is correct, since your domain is less physical, there should be a vast amount of figurative and metaphysical control that you can exert on the environment. Oh, and you should also be able to move the mouths and eyes around too. They are a physical aspect of your domain so you should have control over them."

"Ok, I'll focus on that next," I said.

I stared at one of the mouths and tried to move it. It was surprisingly easy. It separated from the wall of the domain and come over to me. I tried to do the same to all the mouth and the eyes. It worked, but then I became crowded with them.

I quickly put them back in the walls. "Ok, that's done," I said. "What next?"

"That's easy but could take some time. You need to figure out all of the abilities your domain has. Then you have to learn how to manifest your soul beast physically without the help of your domain. That's it," he said.

"I can probably figure out how to do the second one, but how do I do the first one?" I said.

"Similar when you tuned your body into the resonance frequency of your crimson core, you have to tune your mind to the resonance frequency of your domain and by extension, your soul beast. Wait, I think I have that backwards, but you know what I mean," he said.

"Ok, so tune into my soul beast, which I've done before and then tune into my domain?" I said.

"Yes," he said.

"Ok, here I go," I said.

I closed my eyes and tried to mentally become one with my soul beast. I felt the vibrations of my body and my mind and then took control of them. I tuned it up and down and up and down until I could feel the vibration of the soul beast increasing as a result of me matching its resonance frequency.

The soul beast's vibrations in turn increased the vibrations in my body and we resonated together in harmony for several minutes. Once I felt the vibrations of my body and mind, and the vibrations of the soul beast become one, I knew it was time.

I tuned my and the soul beast's vibrational frequencies up and down until I started to feel the domain vibrating with us. Our vibrations increased its vibrations which in turn increased our vibrations and so on.

Once all three of us were resonating in harmony, I instinctively tried to tap into and read the nature of my domain. I felt something change, so I opened my eyes.

Every object in the room, besides the people and my soul beast had two golden numbers next to them. The numbers depended on the object. I realized they were related to the price or value of the item.

I looked at the coffee pod machine because I had seen one just like it online before I had become a vampire and I remembered what it cost. The number on the right was the same as the online cost, but the number on the left was significantly lower than that.

After some careful thought and much needed silence, I realized I was looking at the real value of the item vs the perceived value of the item. I hadn't taken a single business class in my life, but Johnny, my adoptive father and mafioso, taught me about them.

The real value of an item was how much money it cost to produce the item. The perceived value was how much someone was willing to pay for it. This was certainly an interesting ability, but I wasn't done.

My goal was to find all of my domain's abilities, so that is what I was going to do. I tuned back into the domain's resonance frequency, but this time, I tried to find the perfect resonance that would activate all of my domain's abilities at once.

When I opened my eyes it was utter chaos. The mouths were swallowing all the loose change and receipts and other objects Aldous had on the counter.

[New item in inventory: Stapler]

[New item in inventory: Paperclips]

[New item in inventory: Aldous's favorite pencil]

'Ok, cough up all that stuff! No stealing. At least not right now,' I thought to the mouths.

The mouth's spit out Aldous's stuff. But then they did something else weird. One of the mouths went over to float by Aldous and one floated up to my ear and whispered into it.

"If you tell Aldous his hair looks nice today, that will make him happy and appreciate you slightly more." The mouth whispered.

The mouth that was floating next to Aldous started speaking as floating golden text appeared underneath it, recording what it was saying, "Aldous values honesty, loyalty, companionship, and integrity. He treasures gifts given to him by friends, regardless of how useful or useless they are."

"He currently has a lucky penny in his pocket that Master Bader gave him once he had completed his basic rites of being a vampire. Don't tell him this, but the penny isn't actually lucky. Its just a penny."

There was too much going on for me to react or respond to either of the things the mouths said just yet. As I looked around the room, I noticed I could see all the drawers in the kitchen that held money in them. I could see the money through the wood.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"I forgot to tell you this, but your hair looks particularly nice today," I said.

Aldous said, "Aww thanks. I put a little extra effort into it today, because I'm going on a date tonight." Aldous looked very pleased that I'd complimented his hair, just like the mouth said he would be, but it was more than that.

He was unusually pleased that I'd said that. The domain must increase my charisma and the positive effects my words have on a person's mood. It probably also made them like me more. Feel more drawn to me. At least if it increased my charisma generally, that's what I assume it would do.

I also noticed that the area around me was glowing gold, but the area around Aldous was glowing red. That must be the visual representation of my good luck and bad luck effects.

I concentrated and was able to change Aldous's red glow into a golden glow as well. I wanted him to do well on that date. Although I doubted this would affect that after I turned my domain off. Couldn't hurt to try though.

There were probably other minor effects that I'd learn through use in everyday life, but I had found out the bulk of its effects and that was good enough for me for now. I was feeling really sleepy all of a sudden. Oh no, I was about to pass out again.

I quickly ran over to Elder Ravenkin's couch and tried to jump and turn into it so I landed perfectly on my back. The good luck effect I still had made me land in the perfect couch nap position, and then I was out.